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Public commenter links highway noise to monarch stress, urges noise enforcement and pollinator planting
5834569 · September 16, 2025
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A Kenmore resident cited academic studies claiming highway noise raises monarch caterpillar heart rates and urged the council to expand noise enforcement and promote milkweed planting for pollinators.
Steve Yoder, a Kenmore resident, told the City Council during public comment that academic studies show highway noise can stress monarch caterpillars and that the council should consider noise enforcement measures and pollinator plantings. Yoder cited research he said was conducted by the University of Georgia, in which caterpillars…
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